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Hare-haren Boko Haram: 'Ga sojoji amma rayuwarmu na cikin haɗari' • May 14, 2025, 4:18 AM ET (BBC)
Abin da muka sani kan sabon harin Boko Haram ga sojojin Najeriya a Marte • May 13, 2025, 4:18 AM ET (BBC)
Roadside bombs kill 26 people in several vehicles on a road in Nigeria and IS claims responsibility • Apr. 29, 2025, 2:56 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As ISWA • ISWAP • Jamāʿat Ahl al-Sunna lil-Daʿawah wa al-Jihād • Islamic State’s West African Province • Islamic State in West Africa
Date 2002 - present
Areas Of Involvement sharia • terrorism

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